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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    the basic shape is done....
    Inner fender

    a bit of filling left

    inner panel


    I doubt I'll weld this fully - the biggest problem this car had was water got in at the window and pooled in the inner fender until it rotted away...

    That said, a bit more welding and I can paint the underside, and sound coat the inside... then wire it, then it can move under its own power.... then the Corvette, then this body/paint.

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    Originally posted by Beagle View Post
    That's what I love about making parts that you can't buy... 2/3 of it is done, leaving just the other 95%!
    the only math I use is statistics.... in a sentence, my car is 2/3rds done at a 95% confidence level.

    for those don't lie with numbers (statistics).... 95% confidence level means it's roughly 68.4% done.

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  • Beagle
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    That's what I love about making parts that you can't buy... 2/3 of it is done, leaving just the other 95%!

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    metal work

    2/3rds of it is done

    minus a little bit
    Last edited by SuperBuickGuy; January 10, 2021, 10:21 PM.

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    looking at my pictures tonight, there really isn't anything 'new' - but I think I'm going to take a different tack, the left side will have a nitros bottle, right side a ethanol tank and battery - but I was going to build the box in - I think the better choice is make it flat then form some boxes built especially for the various things....

    more likely I'll tuck the bottle in further to the fender.... my 'goal' with this car is do Rocky Mountain race week or such - but this would be home and race car... so comfort it going to happen and sleeping in the back as well....
    which means as wide as possible.... I actually hope to drive this to SEMA this year....


    now all I need is motivation.... seems we might be moving at about the same time as SEMA - so the window to get this done is pretty narrow.

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    radiator is ordered
    Time to get the floor done so I can paint then put the body on the frame forever


    fit

    more fit

    just welding left

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    I love the tetris of instructions.they don't tell you. like this?

    nope, like this

    and installing

    I think the repair turned out okay.... quite literally no one will see it


    too wide - it's from when my Corvette had the stock front suspension

    moving forward


    the next thing is a radiator...

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    time to complete the fuel system

    today's arrival

    filter placement verified

    lines made

    a trick to keep from fraying the black covering

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    hardware store raided


    the best purchase, ever


    still waiting for a couple fittings, but closer


    pressure regulator in place


    I'm just going to go out on a limb and say there's not quite enough room for that one fitting (on the transmission)

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    fuel line

    hmmm... adapting to fit doesn't work...

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    rust repairs
    bend to fit


    weld

    I overlapped the weld.. stronger, easier

    right shape-ish


    even close to what it was before... there is some artistic interpretation in the part

    weld captive nuts in core support

    make core support pretty

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    Time to stack the pieces again


    not perfect but close enough


    then onto metal work
    the core support is rusted under the battery tray

    chop chop

    weld weld


    looks lots better, also has strength

    I won't make it perfect but it's going back to the powder coater so it will look pretty decent

    they were supposed to return this and the inner fender blasted so I could fix then they could powder coat... that didn't happen, oh well
    Inner fender has the same issue

    this won't be easy but also it doesn't have to be perfect because the air intake is going straight through this area.

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    finish up the front then onto fuel lines



    and the pile of AN spares

    about the only thing I'm missing is a pressure regulator. I am oversizing the lines for future proofing...

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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    move the motor mount to the right holes



    start on CAD for the repair... find out my shear isn't working... ugh


    start assembling the front... motor mounts are first because the nuts on the back of the motor mount are behind the lower control arm


    assemble the rear


    ball park alignment


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  • SuperBuickGuy
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    frame pictures


    motor for weight purposes

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